Sweater



Nov. 89 1938. N, NEUMAN 2,135,727

SWEATER Filed oct. 26. 1957 Patented Nov. 8, 1938 STATES para @HCE

SWEATER Nathan Neuman, Philadelphia, Pa. l Application October 26, 1937, Serial No. 170,994

2 Claims.

rhis invention relates to an improvement in knitted sweaters and relates to sweaters of the pullover type and of the coat type.

Sweaters of the type to which this invention relates more particularly comprise a body portion, the front and back members of which are knit integrally except along lines extending from the base of the neck to the points of the shoulders and along which the front and back members are secured by seams.

l Such sweaters are provided with a collar, usually formed by a double ply of material knitted with a tighter stitch, or with a liner count yarn than is the body portion.

Heretofore such sweaters have been found to readily lose shape due to the eiect of strain on the shoulder seams, such, for example, as irnposed when the wearer swings the body and arms, as in playing golf. Loss of shape under such conditions may be minimized by the provision of various seam structures and of reinforced seams. However, such have heretofore been disadvantageous in that where they are sufciently resistant to strain to minimize deformation of the garment, they reduce the flexibility of the garment on the lines of strain, with restriction upon the freedom of movement of the wearer, and negatively effect the initial t.

N ow in accordance with this invention a sweater is provided in which the shoulder seams are constructed and reinforced in a manner such as to provide for the utmost flexibility and for the absorption of strain tending to deform the garment and, at the same time, to insure initial fit and retention of shape to a maximum degree.

Having now indicated in a general way the nature and purpose of this invention, I will proceed to a detailed description thereof with reference to the accompanying drawing in which a preferred embodiment has been illustrated and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a sweater of the pullover type embodying this invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views showing a shoulder seam in accordance with this invention in course of construction.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the finished seam.

Figure 5 is a plan View of the finished seam.

In the several iigures A is the front member, B the back member, C the collar and D, D the sleeves of a knitted sweater of the pullover type. 'I'he front and back members are secured together by the seams E, E, which include a resilient member G, and extend from the neck or collar to the points of the shoulders, to form the body portion of the sweater to which the sleeves are secured on lines F, F, and to which the collar is secured on the line H.

Thus, the seams E, E extend from the neck 5 opening or the line of juncture of the collar to the points of the shoulders or the lines of juncture of the sleeves with the body.

The seams E, E are formed by bringing the edges of the members A and B together and sel0 curing them together by the stitching i spaced from their edges and which also acts to secure the resilient member G along one of its edges to the members A, B. 'Ihe vfree edge of the-member G is generally in line with the free edges of the 15 members A, B.

'Ihe stitching z', which serves to secure the members A and B and the resilient member, which may be an elastic band, together, is looped around the free edges of the members A, B` and 20 G, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

When the several members have been secured together, the members A and B are separated, as shown in Figure 3, and the seam completed by lines of stitching y', y in the members A and B, 25 respectively, on opposite sides of the seam and which act to secure threads lc thrown across the free edges of the members and looped into the stitching, as shown in Figures 4 and 5. The seam as described is of great durability and resistance 30 to strain and, at the same time, since, as will be noted, the elastic member G is secured along one of its edges only, it acts to prevent distortion of the shoulders without reducing the resiliency of the knitted fabric of which the garment is made. 35

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A sweater comprising front and back members forming a body and a neck and arm openings in the body, the front and back members 40 being secured together by seams extending from the neck opening to the arm openings, said seams comprising respectively a line of stitching securing the free edge portions of the front and back members together in superimposed relation along 45 a line spaced from the edges of said members, a resilient member extending the length of said seam and secured by said line of stitching adjacent one of its edges to one of said members said stitching extending over the free edges of said members and of said resilient member, lines of stitching in said front and back members, respectively, and extending the length of said seam in substantial parallelism with said first mentioned line of stitching and a thread extending back and forth over the free edges of said members and looped into said last mentioned lines of stitching.

2. The method of producing a seam for securing sections of fabric together which comprises superimposing the edge portions of two sections of fabric, laying a resilient strip over the edge portion of one of the sections of fabric with one of its edges in substantial alignment with the free edges of the superimposed edge portions of the sections of fabric, stitching the superimposed edge portions of the sections of fabric and the resilient strip together on a line spaced from the free edges edge portions into saidiines of stitching in the 10 sections of fabric respectively.

NATHAN NEUMAN. 

